Category Archives: videogames

Points to the French…

For making a fine game. I speak of course of Beyond Good and Evil, which seems to be one of the top games on anyone’s “If you haven’t played xxx you’re not a real yyy” list. Not that I’m, you … Continue reading

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If you can’t beat them, set difficulty to “Monkey”

Ages and ages ago, when the SegaCD was Welcoming People to the Next Level and all that good stuff, a very peculiar game managed to slip by the “make it as American as possible!” localization people, and we got Keio … Continue reading

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Linda, Linda…

OK, more like Lara, Lara. All apologies to the Blue Hearts. Keeping up to date, today’s weight check : 194.4. My recruiter seems to have found a couple of decent leads to throw a resume at and hope it sticks, … Continue reading

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“Buffalo” is a funny word.

It’s actually kind of nice sometimes to find out something that hasn’t been working and has been annoying you isn’t your fault. That’s the feeling I got recently when I found out that the issue I have with the wireless … Continue reading

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5 years sitting unplayed wasn’t enough?

The last time I set out to finish a game, I made a nice list of Xbox, PS2, and Gamecube games that needed playing – and then threw it out the window and put Shenmue in the Dreamcast. This time … Continue reading

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Wii get!

This morning’s weight: 196.4, for anyone who cares to watch me count down. Today was a rather nice day, too nice to stay indoors, so I elected to get out and get some sunshine in. OK, I lie, there was … Continue reading

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Of shame and…

I have been pleased with myself – positively giddy, in fact – after finishing Battlefront II and Geist earlier this week. Since I have some unexpected time off work, I decided to go for three, and started flipping through games … Continue reading

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…but the stars have to align just so…

All my griping about not finishing games has had a productive side! Saturday a friend came over and we finally finished Battlefront II in co-op mode. We’ve been playing through this game for several months now, doing a level or … Continue reading

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Joysticks and catgirls, oh my.

I am kind of prone to buying things that will be useful, someday… and then not doing anything with them for quite a while. Let me back up a bit. If you were a fan of mahjong games or Capcom … Continue reading

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Recent games…

After being all “oh, I don’t play games much” yesterday, I realized that wasn’t really true… I start an awful lot of games but I rarely get far before I put them down and forget to pick them up again. … Continue reading

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